Books in the basket

Quite awhile ago, two books were recommended to me that I finally found in the library this last week. They are Home Cooking and More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin. I am a little over half way through with Home Cooking and I see why so many people have recommended it. Mrs. Colwin was a novelist who also wrote a column for Gourmet magazine. I found myself laughing out loud at some of her experiences in the kitchen. I haven't read the sequel but I'm looking forward to it very much.

These books make good "light reading" and since each chapter is an individual story, it is a book easy to pick up and read when you have a few minutes. It's not from a Christian perspective (she was Jewish) but so far I haven't found anything I would consider offensive (don't throw anything at me if there is something that I haven't read, yet!). Highly recommended!

If you'll notice, since I switched to beta blogger, I now have a "What I'm Reading" sidebar which I'll change from time to time. I plan to put together a list of books I plan to read for the new year later. The two decorating books are gorgeous!

I started reading A Christmas Carol this week, figuring since I'm teaching from it starting today that it would be wise to finally read it. I'll write a review of it soon but all I can says is...why did I wait so long to read this amazing book?

I also started reading a mystery book by an author I'd seen recommended elsewhere. I read about three chapters and then skipped to the end to see "whodunit". So why did I get annoyed with this book? The main character was constantly whining about something. I wanted to tell her to "get a grip on it, make better choices in life or stop whining". Hehehe... I'll try another book by the same author to see if I like it better as her writing was quite good.